Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Lawrence Isherwood


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. ✗ plicit  11:28, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

James Lawrence Isherwood

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Failed a Google test. Almost, but not quite abandoned. Very low quality article. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 01:35, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 01:35, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 01:35, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. There’s a full published biography of him 1 as well as substantial coverage of him at 2 and 3 as well as lesser coverage in dictionaries of artists and the who’s who of artists. Mccapra (talk) 03:19, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - The article is in bad shape, but should not be deleted, as he clearly meets WP:NARTIST and WP:GNG. He was the subject of a BBC documentary. He has work in several permanent collections of notable museums (three collections + citation added to the article). It seems that the nom may not have performed a WP:BEFORE search. Netherzone (talk) 03:50, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per above comments, the museum collections, and an entire BBC documentary. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:06, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep, per the argumets above. The right response to an article being low quality is to improve it not to AfD. Atchom (talk) 17:29, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The nominator writes three sentences, none of which contains a valid reason for deletion. Phil Bridger (talk) 10:24, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
 * very weak keep I tried to clean up the article and removed the items I could not find sources for. I could only find sourcing for the year of birth and death. No evidence of being in the collection of Prince Charles. No evidence of a BBC documentary (but I marked that as citation needed rather than remove). After reviewing the available information online it looks like the same info and phrases are used on various gallery websites and seem promotional. I did however added inline citations for "Benezit" and "AskArt" which nudge him towards WP:NARTIST. And the recently added museum collections (ArtUK) citations contribute to notability too. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:30, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I have tracked down the first BBC broadcast in the Radio Times and cited it. I note that some sources just refer to him as "Lawrence Isherwood". Phil Bridger (talk) 08:18, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep given the sources pointed out by Mccapra and Netherzone. Pika voom  Talk 10:03, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


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